A search by Oamaru Police at a Tweed Street address on Monday uncovered stolen items worth thousands of dollars.

The haul included knives, petrol containers, a car, dozens of keys and several camouflage jackets.

Sergeant Tony Woodbridge says officers arrested a 45-year-old Oamaru man and charged him with unlawfully taking a motor vehicle and a historic burglary in Greta St, Oamaru.

He was due to appear in the Oamaru District Court today.